Nelumbo
Sign in to saveNelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though the name is also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus Lotus. Members outwardly resemble those in the family Nymphaeaceae ("water lilies"), but Nelumbo is actually very distant from that family.
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Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants known for their large, showy flowers and commonly called lotus, though this name is also used for various other plants. Despite their visual similarity to water lilies, Nelumbo plants are actually evolutionarily distant from that family and represent a distinct group of aquatic flowering plants.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderProteales
- FamilyNelumbonaceae
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- Parent taxon
- Nelumbonaceae
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- Nelumno nucifera open flower - botanic garden adelaide2.jpg
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- Ultrahydrophobicity
- Thermoregulation
- Similar species
- Taxonomy
- Taxonomic history
- Modern classification
- Phylogeny
- Species
- Extant species
- Fossil species
- Etymology
- Uses
- Culture
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Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though the name is also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus Lotus. Members outwardly resemble those in the family Nymphaeaceae ("water lilies"), but Nelumbo is actually very distant from that family.
Nelumbo is an ancient genus, with dozens of species known from fossil remains since the Early Cretaceous. However, there are only two known living species of lotus. One is the better-known Nelumbo nucifera, which is native to East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and probably Australia and is commonly cultivated for consumption and use in traditional Chinese medicine. The other lotus is Nelumbo lutea, which is native to North America and the Caribbean. Horticultural hybrids have been produced between these two allopatric species.